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...antiquated relic from the days budgets were done on paper. They have written a bill to change the formula that HouseWaysandMeansChairman Brian White said is more equitable and will make budgeting easier to predict. But it also would match what...

...questions are out of the board's authority."When they have a balanced budget is not up to us," he said.HouseWaysandMeansChairman Brian White noted he voted against the $12 million plan at last week's Joint Bond Review Committee, as...

...leaving negotiations to the leaders of the chambers' budget-writing committees."We're very close," HouseWaysandMeansChairman Brian White, R-Anderson, said Thursday.He hopes to bring a compromise between him and Senate Finance...

...legislative process, lawmakers from other counties wanted to give their school districts the option, including HouseWaysandMeansChairman Brian White. The Anderson Republican said his county's five district school boards, plus the county board...

...the House didn't intend for the program to be suspended when it removed $1.7 million from its budget.HouseWaysandMeansChairman Brian White issued a statement Friday reiterating what he said on the House floor two days before ? that DHEC...

...offer by $5 million, to a $20 million break, and promised to make it part of a three-year phase-in.HouseWaysandMeansChairman Brian White said anything less than the full $60 million right away is a nonstarter, however."We're...

...could cut costs in a year that legislators face an $800 million budget gap and reduce the dropout rate, said HouseWaysandMeansChairman Dan Cooper, R-Piedmont."I don't see it as retreat, I see it as an alternate track. Everybody doesn't...

...from $7 billion to $5 billion over the past two years. Continued cuts will dig into basic services, said HouseWaysandMeansChairman Dan Cooper, R-Piedmont.Most of the cuts will likely come from education and Medicaid, because that's...

...said she's grateful to have the board's support on her picks. Senate Finance Chairman Hugh Leatherman, HouseWaysandMeansChairman Dan Cooper and Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom gave statements supporting Kitzman and Adams.Conspicuously...

...tackle it this year. The state's $830 million budget shortfall is prompting more lawmakers to listen, said HouseWaysandMeansChairman Dan Cooper, R-Piedmont."It's so complicated," said Cooper, the bill's sponsor. "It's been...